A treatise on painting : In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools (1837)
Burnet, John, 1784-1868 · London : James Carpenter · leaf 86
orerugged in the outline, and stronger in effect from their shadowed portionsbeing larger and darker, owing to their nearness to the eye. Beingacquainted with these facts, we can produce such an arrangement as shallhave the appearance of truth, and become enabled to heighten in effectthe… … EDUCATION OF THE EYE. 53 introduction of figures and other objects, we can assist the perspective,by their assuming- forms more or less under its influence, according totheir situation. We know that quietness and regularity give dignity to part of acomposition while their lines contrast with others…
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